Hurst

Hurst

Hurst in English toponyms refers to a woodland hill or a grove, from Middle English "hyrst", cognate with Low German "horst", a wooded height.

Hurst may refer:

People

* Alan Hurst (cricketer)
* Alan Hurst (politician), British politician
* Andrew Hurst
* Brian Desmond Hurst
* Bruce Hurst
* Charles Angas Hurst
* Fannie Hurst
* Geoff Hurst, English footballer
* Glynn Hurst
* Greg Hurst
* Harold Edwin Hurst (1880-1978), British hydrologist
* James Hurst
* John Fletcher Hurst
* Jonny Hurst
* Kevan Hurst
* Lee Hurst (comedian)
* Lee Hurst (footballer)
* Lillian Hurst
* Michael Hurst
* Mike Hurst, Canadian politician
* Mike Hurst (producer), British singer and record producer
* Murray Hurst
* Nathan Hurst
* Pat Hurst
* Paul Hurst
* Paul Hurst (actor)
* Rick Hurst
* Robert Hurst
* Ryan Hurst

Places

* Hurst, Berkshire, England
* Hurst, Cumbria, England
* Hurst, Dorset, England
* Hurst, Greater Manchester, England
* Hurst, Illinois, USA
* Hurst, North Yorkshire, England
* Hurst, Somerset, England
* Hurst, Texas, USA
* Hurst Castle and the surrounding coast, Hampshire, England
* Hurst Hill, Lancashire, England
* Hurst Hill, Oxfordshire, England
*Naval Air Engineering Station Lakehurst, the location of the Hindenburg Disaster

Other uses

* Hurst exponent
* Hurst Performance, products for automobiles

ee also

* Hearst
* Hirst
* Horst
* Hurt


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  • Hurst — ist der Name folgender Orte: in Deutschland: Hurst (Windeck), Gemeinde Windeck (Sieg) in England: Hurst (Berkshire) Hurst (Hamphire) Hurst (North Yorkshire) Hurst (Somerset) in den Vereinigten Staaten: Hurst (Georgia) Hurst (Illinois) Hurst… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Hurst — Hurst, IL U.S. city in Illinois Population (2000): 805 Housing Units (2000): 386 Land area (2000): 0.860869 sq. miles (2.229641 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.860869 sq. miles (2.229641 sq.… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Hurst — Hurst, n. [OE. hurst, AS. hyrst; akin to OHG. hurst, horst, wood, thicket, G. horst the nest of a bird of prey, an eyerie, thicket.] A wood or grove; a word used in the composition of many names, as in Hazlehurst. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Hurst, IL — U.S. city in Illinois Population (2000): 805 Housing Units (2000): 386 Land area (2000): 0.860869 sq. miles (2.229641 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.860869 sq. miles (2.229641 sq. km) FIPS… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Hurst, TX — U.S. city in Texas Population (2000): 36273 Housing Units (2000): 14729 Land area (2000): 9.903518 sq. miles (25.649992 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 9.903518 sq. miles (25.649992 sq. km) FIPS… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • hurst — hurst; wims·hurst; …   English syllables

  • Hurst — (spr. hörst), Fabrikort, s. Ashton under Lyne …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • hurst — hillock (especially a sandy one), also grove, wooded eminence, from O.E. hyrst, from P.Gmc. *hurstiz (Cf. M.Du. horst underwood, Ger. Horst thicket, shrubbery ). Common in place names (Cf. Amherst) …   Etymology dictionary

  • hurst — [hʉrst] n. [ME < OE hyrst, hillock, wooded mound, prob. < IE * kuṛs to , thicket: see HORST] 1. a hillock, knoll, or mound 2. a grove or wooded hillock: Now usually in place names [Sandhurst] …   English World dictionary

  • Hurst — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Hurst peut désigner : Patronyme Hurst est un nom de famille notamment porté par : Brandon Hurst (1866 1947), acteur britannique ; Brian… …   Wikipédia en Français

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